Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-03
pIunkett and the Spy.

seemed to know there was trouoie CT
brewing. and the big road was full of
.s.I, .ror,,oeo;n, and lots of EN- had
peop'e -, g., WOW nm in Tan
been 'reiuseeihs iro"i "@y ="
nessee, moving on as Ola oner"'ah az
yanced, and these were in bad fix as
sure as Won err born. Me and my old
,onan never would turn EN- of when
thav'd inst NIX for shelter to keep out
ON the min. and that haint all, we fed
en- as long as we had ANYTHING to feed
on. hut things got mighty scarce with
ms and we mad to hear the poor little
.refuoeeino' children cry Tor bread
MANY n time towards the last without
being able to give EN- any. Wars q
had thing. stranger; war q bad thing!
"Nioht come on and it was raining
and so dark you couldn't see your
hand before YOU, and we took the
wim;n and children in as long as we
had n bed that would hold one, and
piled 'em down on the floor as long
as we had a quilt and me and the old
oman was going to bed ourselves,
when the dogs went GROUND the house
same as they'd err been after some
wild varmint, and went out to see
what was the matter, what should |
find but one err the likeliest young
wimin's as you ever laid your eyes
on, and when we got her in the
house she told the most pitifulest
tale YOU ever herd. savin' she'd
started down the road to keep outen
the way OF old Sherman, and lost her
way in the dark and couldn't 90 no
furthur. The cd oman ground some
wheat what she had parched and
made some coffee, and got out my
bottle OF spirits what was made
outen sorghum. and we warmed her
up and made her feel at home the
best we could and she lowed she'd
lust set there in a chair till NORM,
and the old 'oman lowed that would
never do, and she said. saws she:
.rd rather for you and the old man
to- and then she scratched her head
and said that won't do either. So
saws that the Young stranger should
sleep in my bed with the old oman
and | would sleep up in the loft on
some broom straw what was up thar.
After seed the old oman and the
young stranger all snug IN bed / went
up the ladder into the loft and lay
down on the broom straw and | had
as good er nights sleep as | ever had
in my life, for my head was right en-
eainst the roof and the rain pat.er-
ed on the boards, and the man what
haint slept to the sound of ram on q
house top don't know nethin' erbout
sleep.
1.-The young stranger was up and
gone next morning by the time it was
light, and nothin' strange was thought
OF it, for in war time folks don't think
strange OF many things.
"Long up in the day following the
night the young oman slept with nv
old lady, | was out on the piazza,
and / looked up the road and seed a
long line er blue coated soldiers err COM
in, and called up the old oman. and
says were goners - them's yanks.
Browns gals was over at my house,
and they 'lowd it was no use to run.
so We stood thar in the piazza. and
pretty soon the soldiers were all ont
in the road in front or the house. and
they stopped. and no sooner than
stopped than down they sat on ea,h
de err the road, and pretty soon here
come some men on horses down the
road, and all the men they rise to
their feet and boiler huzar, huzar.
huzar, / didn't like that holler. and
don't like it vet. Pretty soon I seed
them men that was on horses was
officers, and in a minute two of them
started toward the house, and rid
ripht into the yard ana tbep
says we'r goners shore. The
two rid up to the we'll one of them
was as pretty or Yankee as Won ever
laid your eyes on, and the other was
an old sharp-looking' cuss. and they
said that's Gen. Sherman. | was
gain at 'em, for | spected eyely
mint to see the one thew said was
Sherman run his hand in his Jacket
for q match, but he didn't. and pretty
soon the young officer looked over nj
us and raised his cap as purlitelv ns
any Southern fellow would er done
and the old fellow smiled like and
they rid off, then THINKS 70 ,nvsaIf
what in thunders the matter with
these here Yankees, but | seed the old
fellow call u fellow what had err sword
err hanging by his side 70 him and ba
pointed towards the house and pretty
soon twelve soldiers started RIGHT M
towards us, and then saws now /
know we'r' goners. They come RIGHT
up to us and one er them lowed;
1--WE are sent here as guards to Won
and your property. You can rest
easy, nothin' you've got will be dis.
turbed."
"Psetty soon up rides a fellow with